Qualcomm and Teleepoch
Enter Into a 3G CDMA Subscriber Unit License Agreement, October
6, 2007
MTN chooses Cambridge Broadband
Networks for multi-service wireless network in Rwanda, October 6,
2007
Brazilian government to
publish 3G bidding rules soon, October 6, 2007
KTF 3G service suffers
from technical problems, October 6, 2007
Argentina’s Personal
lunches 3G service in Rosario, October 6, 2007
Russia has it's first 3G
network, October 6, 2007
AT&T could drop Alcatel-Lucent
as 3G mobile network supplier, October 6, 2007
Enea Extends License Agreement
with ZTE for 3G Handsets, October 2, 2007
LG to unveil premium handsets
in Brazil, October 2, 2007
KTF 3G subscribers doubled
in less than 3 months, October 2, 2007
3G policy in India will
be non-uniform, October 2, 2007
- previous news
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mmO2 criticises 3UK service quality
November 24, 2003
mmO2 Chief Executive Peter Erskine warned that customers will have to
wait another 2 years before multimedia 3G mobile phones become battery
efficient. Speaking at an investor conference in Barcelona last week,
Erskine pointed to the defects of their rival Hutchison 3G. Hutchison
launched Europe's first 3G service, named 3, in March of this year.
Erskine said the 3G phones "from 3 still have a hungry battery".
"It is better than the brick they launched originally but not a lot.
Add to that the customer service issues due to network quality and I'm
not saying I'm in the least bit complacent -- but they have a lot to do,"
he added.
In the UK, 3' service has suffered complaints ranging from short battery
life and limited 3G area coverage. Erskine said he would not be surprised
if 3 decided against building out its city network any further.
He also explained that some operators are not launching 3G until second
half of 2004 is because there are no decent 3G handsets with good battery
life.
"The reason why the rest of the industry is launching 3G in the second
half … is the really decent quality handsets which are not battery-life
hungry will not appear until October 2005"
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3G Motorola A920
